1. fragment

a piece broken off or cut off of something else

Example Sentences:
'a fragment of rock'

2. fragment, shard, sherd

a broken piece of a brittle artifact

• shard
• sherd

3. fragment

an incomplete piece

Example Sentences:
'fragments of a play'

4. break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize

break or cause to break into pieces

Example Sentences:
'The plate fragmented'

• break up
• fragmentise
• fragmentize